The permanent collection extends over four floors and not only offers insights into the first steps of cinematography. In a replica film studio, cineastes can beam themselves to Hollywood and feel like a director or film star between the set, camera, wind machine and spotlight. At the same address is also the program cinema Black Box, which presents film classics, thematic retrospectives and premieres.
The permanent exhibition features exhibits from the following collections, among others:
Max Bührmann Collection (collection of shadow figures)Collection of film cadres of film critic Rolf BurgmerObject Collection (costumes, props, buildings)Technical Collection (technical apparatus 18th to 20th century)Film Archive of the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf (approx. 6,500 copies from more than 110 years. All genres and almost all formats are available. Most copies are from the period after World War II)Mediathek Filmmuseum (about 22,000 titles).
